as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
He turned down another beer to avoid getting hammered.
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as in drew
to shape with a hammer
medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs
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as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
hammer a nail hammered the ball for a home run
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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
tried hammering the door to wake them up the crops were hammered with hail
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as in scolded
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Reading the flashbacks depicting the dramas that intertwine Heathcliff and Catherine under the candlelight, held up by a hammered candelabra, is one way to travel back to the 1800s Yorkshire moors.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
The Rabun County resident has been hammered for sitting on the sidelines.
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Shannon McCaffrey,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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Adjective
Each blade is made from high-carbon stainless steel and features an irregular hammered texture for nonstick, rust-free performance.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Reading the flashbacks depicting the dramas that intertwine Heathcliff and Catherine under the candlelight, held up by a hammered candelabra, is one way to travel back to the 1800s Yorkshire moors.
—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
While the Nets were getting hammered every night, Sharpe quietly emerged as one of the league’s best backup centers.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
The Rabun County resident has been hammered for sitting on the sidelines.
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Shannon McCaffrey,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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At a different show, a drunk pedestrian tried to board the bus during faux-Monroe’s speech.
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The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said evidence presented during the trial showed Sherman was drunk and had taken psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, in his Lodi apartment prior to meeting Makinano outside Garry's Lounge that night.
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The three-game series had a season-high attendance of 105,214, besting the three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers in May that drew 82,799.
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Police said Houston entered his ex-girlfriend’s home and drew a gun.
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For the viewer, the satisfaction comes through vicarious tactile sensation—witnessing how the thatch gets smacked in by a flat, hammerlike device, or the way a tile slots perfectly into a shelf niche.
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Then, on June 15, 2025, in Kansas City, Kurtz smacked a go-ahead homer off then-Royals closer Carlos Estévez.
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The young activist has relentlessly pounded Espaillat as a moderate on Israel and an uninspiring fixture of the Democratic establishment.
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The grand slam could prove to be one of the Sox’s biggest clutch hits of the season after they were pounded in the first two games of the Yankees series.
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This time, however, Charlotte promptly scolded him for his untoward behavior.
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Four years ago, Infantino scolded critics during a news conference ahead of the opener in Qatar.
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Throughout the 1980s, the group was associated with hooliganism and rowdy, drunken behavior typical of European football culture at the time.
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Proctor was fired after the second trial concluded with Read’s acquittal on all charges save for drunken driving.
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This is not so different from the Founders’ vision of democracy, in which a federal system with independent, coequal branches of government forces collisions of competing interests that can get contentious, even chaotic, before compromises are forged.
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Britain, Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Albania and the Nordic states have forged ahead with transitions to renewable energy, meanwhile.
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Aranda slapped an outside changeup on a line down the leftfield line, and the ball struck the screen on the fair side of foul pole for a three-run homer.
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The Days of Our Lives actress slapped Today show anchor Craig Melvin mid-interview.
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“Hammered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammered. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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